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8/21/2015

Nordco: RoadReady™ Surfacing Team

On Aug. 11, Nordco Inc. unveiled the RoadReady™ Surfacing Team at a customer open house at the company's headquarters in Oak Creek, Wis. The RoadReady RST-1000 Production Switch Tamper and RBR-1000 Ballast Regulator form a mobile Surfacing Team that individually attach to over-the-road tractor-trailers for easy transport between job locations.

All components lift and fit within the frame to meet height and width requirements for permit-free travel, and can ride at posted highway speed limits, enabling operators to get on and off the track much quicker than with rail bound surfacing equipment, the company says.

“Through our observations and discussion with the railroads, it became apparent that there was a need for equipment that could improve the reactive surfacing process,” says Brian Cumbridge, Nordco's product manager of surfacing equipment. “When there is a ‘hot spot’ on the track that requires slow orders, the ability to quickly travel to the work site and rectify the track condition improves train velocity and reduces expenses. The RoadReady Tamper and RoadReady Ballast Regulator will help the railroads eliminate more slow orders than with conventional rail bound equipment.”

The open house featured a live demonstration RoadReady Ballast Regulator deploying directly from road to rail without the use of a crane. The RST-1000 and RBR-1000 are equipped with an integrated turn table that allows the machines to deploy at road crossings with a clear 30-foot turning radius. At the open house, Nordco officials  demonstrated how the RBR-1000 can go from RoadMode to RailMode in under 10 minutes.